Arthur Victor BERTUCH MM

BERTUCH, Arthur Victor

    Service Number: 77
    Enlisted: 13 February 1915, Castlemaine, Vic.
    Last Rank: Company Sergeant Major
    Last Unit: 23rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Maldon, Victoria, Australia, March 1893
    Home Town: Harcourt, Mount Alexander, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Orchardist
    Died: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1 August 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Castlemaine Walmer State School No 402 Honour Roll, Harcourt Methodist Church Sunday School Roll of Honour, Harcourt War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 77, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Castlemaine, Vic.
    30 Apr 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Australia
    10 May 1915: Involvement Sergeant, 77, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    10 May 1915: Embarked Sergeant, 77, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
    20 Sep 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 77, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, BW to left eye. Evacuated to Egypt.
    28 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 77, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
    22 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 77, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
    4 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 77, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge
    8 Nov 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Belgium
    1 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 77, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne
    13 Sep 1918: Honoured Military Medal, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, Commonwealth Gazette' No. 115 Date: 10 October 1919
    3 Oct 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 77, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal
    16 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 77, 23rd Infantry Battalion, RTA 8 April 1919

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    In a letter home to his parents, Arthur wrote:

    "I lost all my officers, and had to carry on myself, but did not expect to receive any distinction out of it. I have since then received the decoration of which I feel proud."

    The Castlemaine Mail, 2 January 1919

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